Schumann - Waldszenen, Op. 82
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Instrumental » Piano Solos
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Schumann: Kinderszenen & Waldszenen & Janáček: On the overgrown path I
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano)
Hamelin has already made several fine recordings of Schumann's piano music, focusing on big virtuoso pieces. He proves to be equally adept at exploring the more intimate side of the composer's... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2014, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2014, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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if you want the living definition of virtuoso pedalling, listen to Andras Schiff in the 'Aria' movement of Schumann's F sharp minor Sonata...It's the most impressive realisation of Schumann's... —
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Building a Library, May 2016, Also Recommended
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Schumann's imagination to take flight, its freshness restored. Unmistakably, this is Schumann interpretation of a high order, filled with character yet unencumbered with eccentricity —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2026, Editor's Choice
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In Çakmur's hands, Schumann's Waldszenen abounds with gestures that may sound unusual or capricious, yet are mostly borne out or implied in the score. —
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The performance is an awesome display of keyboard command...The recorded sound does gorgeous justice both to the playing itself, and to the surrounding Vienna Musikvereinsaal acoustic. —
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Gramophone Awards, 2010, Winner - Instrumental
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Uchida makes a strong case for works she clearly loves —
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Instrumental
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Lazi´c's extrovert approach is effective in Schumann: his Papillons is mercurial, while his Waldszenen is stark and dark without becoming depressive —
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Helmchen's programme explores the extremes of Schumann as a piano composer, at both his most inward and his most virtuoso. I have a suspicion that he's more at ease in the former. The most successful... —
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